Pencil-clip



G, s. ADOLFSON.

PENCIL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED APR 22,1921.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.-

1 um llllll n" HI UNITED STATES GEORGE SEVERIN ADOLFSON, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PENCIL-CLIP.

App1ica.tion filed April 22, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Grnonen S. ADoLrsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Pencil-Clip, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a pencilclip, of that general sort disclosed in Patent No. 1,365,439, granted tome on the 11th day of January, 1921.

It is the object of this invention so to reconstruct and modify thepatented clip that it will possess a new and added function, theconstruction being such that, when the coil portion of the clip iscompressed, the hold of the coil portion will be lessened, therebypermitting a pen, pencil or the like to be introduced readily into thecoil, or to be withdrawn therefrom, the coil portion being expansible togrip the pen, pencil or other article tightly. The invention aims,further, so to improve the clip that the tongue may be adjusted or bent,to fit pocket-walls of different thicknesses, without interfering withthat portion of the clip which, coacting with the coil, tightens thecoil about an article, when the coil isreleased for expansion.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

\Vithin the scope of what is claimed, a mechanic may work changes in theprecise form shown and described, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a de vice constructedin accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showingthe device as it will appear after the coil has expanded and gripped thearticle; Fig. 3 is a side elevation wherein the device appears in theposition which it will assume after the coil has been compressed, toloosen the hold of the coil on an article; Fig. 4: is a cross section onthe line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an elevation showing a modification;Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a sectionsimilar to Fig. 1, but showing a further modification.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the article clip constituting thesubject matter of this application is fashioned from a single stripSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

serial No. 463,475.

of resilient material, preferably wire. formed into a coil 1, flattenedat its front, as shown at 50 and comprising convolutions 2, the stripbeing formed into a U-shaped tongue 3, extended longitudinally of thecoil and projecting beyond one end of the coil. The tongue 3 includesarms d and 5, the arm having a free end 6 engaged beneath all of theconvolutions of the coil, the end 6 terminating in a forwardly presentedtop or abutment 25, which engages one terminal convolution 10 ofthefcoil at the point where the said convolution merges into the nextadjoining convolution. The arm 5 of the tongue is joined as indicated at15 to the terminal convolution 10, by a U- shaped lip 11, the same beingoutwardly inclined as shown at 12; The inner terminal convolution of thecoil 1 is denoted by the numeral 7, the free end 8 of the convo lution 7extending circumferentially. For the sake of resiliency, the tongue 3 isoutwardly bowed as at 16, the tongue being inwardly bowed as at 17, tobear against the article 20 or bear against the garment pocket, when aportion of the pocket is in sorted between the tongue and the pencil orother article.

The arms 5 and 6 of. the tongue 3 are bent as indicated at 26, to form,in the tongue, shoulders which bear against the pencil 20. The shoulders26 cause those portions of the arms 4% and 5 which extend within thecoil 1 to be inclined, as at 27 in Figs. 2 and 3. The extremity of thetongue 3 may be bent outwardly as at 18, thereby defining an enteringthroat 19, which facilitates the insertion of the upper edge of a.garment pocketbetwcen the tongue and the article 20. Since the lip 11 isoutwardly inclined as at 12, the introduction of the article 20, withinthe coil 1, is facilitated.

In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, parts hereinbefore described aredesignated by numerals previously used with the sutfix a. Themodification consists in providing the free end 6 of the arm 4 with aforwardly presented U-shaped element 51, the inter-- mediate portion ofwhich may be flattened as indicated at 52, so that a badge or emblem ofany kind may be secured readily thereto. The part 51 terminates in aninwardly extended finger 53 which, cooperating with the arm 5 holds thearm 5 and 46 spaced.

In the modification shown in Fi 7 the structure is made like the devicesiown in Fig. 1 aside from the fact that there is no flattened part inthe coil, like that shown in Fig. d, the convolutions 2 of the coilbeing circular.

Attention is now directed to the salient functions which characterizethe clip shown in this application, compared with the clip disclosed inmy prior patent hereinbefore mentioned.

Let it be supposed that the article 20 is disposed within the coil 1, asshown in Fig. 2, and that the coil has expanded in the direction of itslength. WVhen the coil expands, the convolutions of the coil will ridealong the incline shown at 27 the coil being tightened about thearticle. Suppose, however, that it is desired to withdraw the article 20from the coil 1, or to introduce an article into the coil. Then, thecoil is compressed, as shown in Fig. 3, the element 25 acting as a stopor abutment for one end of the coil,"during the compression thereof, themember 51 in Figs. 5 and 6 having a like function. lVhen the coil iscompressed, by hand, as shown in Fig. 3, the convolutions of the coilride backwardly on the incline 27, and the hold of the convolutions onthe article is loosened, it being possible to withdraw the article fromthe coil, without difficulty, and to introduce an article into the coil.

The shoulders formed at 26 exercise a twofold office. First, theshoulders, as will be obvious, produce the incline at 27. Secondly, theyrender the tongue 3 independent, in a sense, of the incline 27, in thatthe tongue may be bent inwardly or outwardly without changing the slantof the lncline 27. It is desirable to bend the tongue 8 inwardly andoutwardly, at times, in order to adjust the pressure of the tongue onthe wall of a garment pocket, and to accommodate the device toarmentpockets, the walls of which are of di 'erent thicknesses.

I claim 1. An article clip embodying a tongue and a coil surrounding aportion of the tongue, the tongue being provided intermediate its endswith an articleengaging shoulder forming an incline in that portion ofthe tongue which extends within the coil, the coil being expansible toride along the incline, thereby to tighten the coil about an article,the shoulder rendering the free end of the tongue adjustable withrespect to an article, independently of that portion of the tongue whichforms the incline.

2. An article clip constructed as set forth in claim 1, and furthercharacterized by the fact that the tongue is provided with a stopforming an abutmenti'or the coil, when the coil is compressed, beforeexpansion.

3. An article clip constructed as set forth in claim 1 and furthercharacterized by the fact that the tongue embodies arms, one arm beingprovided with a transverse top forming an abutment for the coil, whenthe coil is compressed, before expansion, the top engaging the other armof the coil, to hold the arms spaced.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE SEVERIN ADOLFSON.

Witnesses I EARL T. FRAMBIs, R. V. MYERS, Jr.

